electric car and transport, wire news

[moinsdewatt]

1.43% of the French auto market 2018 in electric.

Electric car: 31.059 registrations in France in 2018

Automotive own.com

With nearly 4500 registrations recorded in December alone, the electric car has a record 2018 year and is up by almost 25% compared to last year.

If it did not benefit so much from the decline of diesel, the electric car recorded a good progress last year. Driven by the excellent results of the quarter, the segment grew by almost 25% compared to last year with a total of 31.059 registrations according to the latest figures provided by the CCFA.

An 2018 year closed by a record December! With 4434 sold out, the electric car recorded a historic performance last month, capturing 2.68% of the new vehicle market. An upward trend focused on the last quarter and expected to continue in 2019 with the arrival of an increasingly electric 100% offer.

54% of sales for Zoe
If it will be necessary to wait a few days and the publication of the figures by AVERE France to know in detail the registrations of each model, we already know those of the Renault Zoé.

According to the annual report of the diamond group, 17.038 copies of the electric city car were registered last year, 54.9% of the segment of electric VP.
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https://www.automobile-propre.com/voitu ... -2018/amp/

[Grelinette]

Coming back from a week's work in the capital, I took the opportunity to talk to native people and especially the electric car since Paris seems the ideal target for these cars.

Contrary to what I thought were not the echoes that were transmitted to me by the Parisians (to hear Paris metropolis)

Among the main obstacle the problem of charging, indeed to recharge his car at night must have a flag inside the ground which you can recharge your car at night safely.

So for Parisians who live in an apartment it is difficult to consider charging their car at night.
And for the happy owners who would like to equip the small inner courtyards of terminals it clashes with the hostility / veto of the other co owners not concerned

If the distances are small in km however they are long in time and that "the salesmen do not tell you it" (sic).
The car can actually do 200km but not 60km in the daytime with 4h of headlights turned on, wipers and heating, not to mention the radio and other touch screens consuming energy.

A failure of juice on the device (experience lived) in the evening 20h in the caps is hell and it costs an arm .... in troubleshooting because the insurance does not support it.

At the level of gossip of the kind I have a friend who .....
It seems that often these electric cars are bought as a second vehicle for Ms. who "can not manage autonomy": in short, it must work (of course without taking care of anything) and that it heats (rather strong) and that it defiles the windshield ... that it recharges the phone ... etc and when it breaks down well the car "goes through the window" and Mrs. never wants to touch it again.

In short, I fell a little bit from above.

Finally the small electric is perhaps better in campaign and dispersed habitat

It is true that we discover concretely the advantages and the disadvantages of a new product (involving a new behavior) in real situation of use. One also realizes that one must be able to sort the true from the false in the information coming from the builders, the salesmen and the various specialists who give their opinion, sometimes not very impartial.

[Gaston]

The car can actually do 200km but not 60km in the daytime with 4h of headlights turned on, wipers and heating, not to mention the radio and other touch screens consuming energy.

This is frankly bad faith.
Yes, heating has an impact on autonomy (headlights, wipers and other screens are completely negligible), but not at this point.
4 hours of heating (at 30 ° in the car) consume about 60 km of autonomy, there is at least 140 left.

Finally the small electric is perhaps better in campaign and dispersed habitat

For the question of recharging, that's for sure.

One also realizes that one must be able to sort the true from the false in the information coming from the builders, the salesmen and the various specialists who give their opinion, sometimes not very impartial.

And also sort through information from systematic detractors.

[Adrien (ex-nico239)]

The car can actually do 200km but not 60km in the daytime with 4h of headlights turned on, wipers and heating, not to mention the radio and other touch screens consuming energy.

This is frankly bad faith.
Yes, heating has an impact on autonomy (headlights, wipers and other screens are completely negligible), but not at this point.
4 hours of heating (at 30 ° in the car) consume about 60 km of autonomy, there is at least 140 left.

Yes you are right, I do not remember exactly all the (details) of the example that had been submitted to me.

From memory ....
The car, so the battery was not new and the battery no longer held the advertised 200km manufacturer.

I think that the maximum load was actually not more or a maximum load (explanations were already VERY detailed by the one who had provided them and I did not understand everything then to re-deny I forget maybe on the way), so if the battery only had 95% charge it only loaded 92% or something like that, do not ask me why I would not be able to tell you.
Basically you climbed in: the battery showed 100% but after 5mn you were already 90%.

I think it was necessary to add a pre-heating of the car in the morning: under the assumption that when Mrs enters the cockpit is already warm and the windows defrosted (it was in the suburbs of Paris).

Then the 60km were not an intangible rule: 60km AR home work but with stop at the laundry, school, supermarket ... etc optional.

The final conclusion of the user was (for HIS use): in the winter we were not sure to complete his day with a car announced 200km of autonomy.

[moinsdewatt]

Here is the new Peugeot 208 ... electric?

Automotive Clean 16 Jan 2019

A stolen photo of the new Peugeot 208 was published by an Italian media outlet. A snapshot that allows to take a look at the look that will adopt the car, whose 100% electric declination is expected for September 2019.

Less than three months from the Geneva show, where the new Peugeot 208 is to be officially unveiled, a new clandestine photo of the vehicle has been published. The image comes from the Italian website Carblogitalia. We can see the definitely definitive version of the 208, sporting the new Peugeot styling signature: badge over the grille and split-day lights.

Based on the e-CMP platform, the 208 will be available in an 100% electric engine in addition to petrol and diesel versions. If its characteristics are not precisely known, its engine should display a power between 115 and 136 horses for a torque of 260 Nm. The battery of 50 kWh must offer a range of about 350 km.
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https://www.automobile-propre.com/voici ... electrique

[moinsdewatt]

The construction site of the Gigafactory in China has started.
Earthwork in progress.



https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/01/w ... -2019.html

[moinsdewatt]

Electric cars: Volkswagen invests in a battery start-up

AFP the 23 Jan 2019

The German automotive giant Volkswagen announced Wednesday an investment of 10 million dollars (8,8 million euros) in an American start-up specializing in batteries, as part of the vast strategy of electrification of its models.

Forge Nano, based in California, is looking to develop a chemical procedure to make battery cells used in electric cars more efficient by improving their molecular structure.

"A higher energy density would have positive effects, for example on the autonomy of electric cars", explains in a press release the group, which wishes "to support industrial tests of this technology". With its budget planned for electric mobility - a total of 44 billion euros programmed by the end of 2023 - VW wishes to develop its investments outside traditional suppliers in order to "allow innovative technologies to reach industrial maturity".

The manufacturer has announced in September 2018 an investment of 100 million dollars in California QuantumScape, which is working on a new generation of batteries, solid batteries. This new, more powerful type of battery could replace current lithium-ion cells.

The major German car groups have lagged behind in the development of electric vehicles and have fully committed to this strategic sector only after the outbreak of the VW engine rigging scandal in 2015.

https://www.connaissancedesenergies.org ... s-190123-0

[moinsdewatt]

I like the comparison made by Carlos Tavares:

According to Carlos Tavares, the CEO of PSA which is the manufacturer of Peugeot, Citroen, and Opel, "everybody needs to realize that clean mobility is like organic food, it's more expensive". The problem with EVs is that they still cost € 7,800, or approximately $ 8,800, more on average to produce compared to conventional ones.

In https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-Gene ... akers.html

[moinsdewatt]

Nissan Leaf e + battery 62 kWh: quickly confirmed success

Sea 13 / 02 / 2019 - 3000 customers!

Nissan renewed its Leaf last year, it now has a standard battery of 40 kWh, but because there are people who want more autonomy (they're right), the manufacturer unveiled there is barely a month, an e + version with a battery of higher capacity, 62 kWh. It was barely a month ago, but already, the manufacturer has registered more than 3000 orders in Europe alone! Nearly half of the orders come from Norway, which will still be for a long time the leading country of electro-mobility, but it will be seen above all that while the Nissan Leaf was already the most sold electric in Europe in 2018, it is on track to repeat this performance in 2019.

https://www.moteurnature.com/29728-niss ... e-confirme

[jean.caissepas]

New Volvo car, but produced in China: up to 78kw battery, from 39900 € here:

https://www.automobile-propre.com/polestar-2-39-900-euros-pour-une-voiture-electrique-dexception/